Thank you all for being so patient with technology this morning. I through a lot at you at once but I think you'll get the hang of it. Luckily, we've worked out a few bugs today and things should go more smoothly the rest of the week.
Please try to be here at 8am tomorrow but come straight to your room and get logged in and settled. We may actually consolidate people into rooms 202 and 204 to make it easier on the presenters but I'll check with them in the morning and let you know. We'll do a drawing for 6 fabulous prizes in the morning at 8:15am!
Your homework for tomorrow is to go home and think about what you are teaching this year and what units would lend themselves to SMART Board lessons. My goal is for you to come out of this week with actual lessons that you have ready to use the first few weeks of school and lists of great links to get you through at least the rest of the quarter. Try some new things this week while you have lots of supportive people around to help you out!
Here's your reflection Question for today: Let's think about ethical internet use...who's responsibility is it to teach internet safety and ethical use? What grade level should we start at? How helpful would it be to have a list of "Internet Savy Skills" that we expect students to have? Do you have any questions or thoughts you want to have passed on to Justin?
I believe if we are using the internet in our classroom, we are responsible to share with our students how we are safely using the internet. This can start at the most basic level in kindergarten with discussion of if a child should use the internet with or without a parent's knowledge, what about games online, is it okay for them to download a game without a parent's permission, should they use the computer if their parent isn't home? At this time, I don't think we can expect children to come to school "internet savvy" since many don't have computers in the home and we still have schools without student computers available for all grade levels. As children get older and have more opportunities of exposure to the internet the discussions should become more complex and pose those ethical questions.
ReplyDeleteI think it is great to begin the discussion of social network sites between teachers and students/parents. If anything, it gives a teacher moment to pause and consider before accepting that friend request.
It would be great to have a list of Internet Savy Skills. It is amazing, being a sub at 3 districts, the wide variety of tech skills the different kids demonstrate.
ReplyDeleteInternet safety and ethics of use are drastically different. We need to make our students aware of the pitfalls and dangers as well as set our school and personal boundries. We should start as parents the day our children get on the computer and we need to reinforce school boundries from the day they use technology in our school.
ReplyDeleteInternet safety is one of my first concerns when my kids start using the web...who knows what a simple search can turn up. For example, I have heard that googling the term "Barbie" can lead students in a direction that may be unsavory. I think it behooves anyone who works with kids as they use technology to remind them that they are interacting with the outside world...even as they may sit in the safety of their own bedroom or classroom. Therefore, we need to teach them from day one. I like the idea of internet savvy skills...altho my experience has been that the kids could probably teach us a few...this year we had alpha smarts in our classroom. As part of a math lesson, the kids were surveying each other to gather data for a graph. The next thing I knew, one of the kids was using his alphasmarts as a pda to keep notes. Therese Evans
ReplyDeleteTeaching internet safety and ethical use should start at home as soon as kids start going on the internet. Many kids come to school in Kindergarten already using the internet, even if it's just to play games, so parents should be monitoring and teaching them how to be safe there. This should continue at school when kids are in thie computer classes or even in their regular classroom. Internet safety and ethical use, such as keeping comments kind when in class chat areas, can start in primary grades as soon as students arestarting to do these things. Having a list of "Internet Savvy Skills" that we expect students to have would be useful.
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It is the parents responsibility first but also the school's responsibility to ensure the accountability of the student. The parents have the responsibility of being aware of what their children are exploring either on their own personal computer or on their personal phone.
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I believe that it is the teacher's responsibility to teach internet safety and ethical use within the classroom especially if computers and internet are being used in the classroom. Also, parents should be educated so that they have the knowledge to help students at home with internet saftey.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the conversation about Facebook and what we should and should not be doing. It really makes me think about how worth having a Facebook is!
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It's extremely important for us to start talking about proper use of the internet as soon as students have access at school. I think that having a list of "Internet Savvy Skills" is very important, since most students now access the internet through phones and computers. It might be nice to have something like this for our curriculum night. It would bring up the opportunity for us to discuss how we feel about social networking sites. I know that many teachers already have their own policies regarding whether or not to "friend" a parent. This would be a good time to dicuss those policies.
ReplyDeleteDeborah states that this class was incredible and I learned so many strategies and techniques on how to use the smart board. Our teacher was fabulous and she waited just the right amount of time between sessions so everyone was on the same page. I asked questions it sure helps to do this. I am excited to start tomorrow and learn more regarding the smart board!
ReplyDeleteTeachers need to recognize that they are public servants and therefore need to be ever-cognizant of how they portray themselves to the public. Social networking sites, in my opinion, do not blur or heighten this responsibility. Just as we would not want to be seen at the neighborhood store in a negative light, we need to conduct ourselves appropriately both on and offline.
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It belongs to all of us parents, teachers, aunts, uncles, friends to teach safety and ethics on and off the net. Just like "stranger danger", etc. It would be helpful to have all the Internet Savvy we can for all of us. What a great day. My brain is full! Mary N.
ReplyDeleteI think we should start early and have a "program" where each grade level learns one significant idea and once they get to middle school they could have a class and through their focus class in the high school they could get the final, more indepth skills.
ReplyDeleteKate O.
I am not sure. Maybe when the internet is taught at school at some level. A little bit at a time.
ReplyDeleteInternet safety and ethics should begin at the elementary level. Our students are entering this realm at early ages and need to be taught about how to be safe as well as responsible.
ReplyDeleteSheryln Umperovitch
I teach sixth grade. I think students should have some exposure to internet ethical issues before they get to sixth grade and should be prepared for using the internet for research by middle school. In sixth, we try to focus on plagiarism issues, etc. I think having a guidlines of what we want the students to know would be helpful. The resources on OSPI and others that I have seen seem too complicated. It would be nice to have something general and simple.
ReplyDeleteI think it is the parent's responsibility to teach their children about internet safety. As the internet is used within the classroom, the subject of internet safety can then be discussed with students as needed.
ReplyDeleteI believe that there should be district wide guidelines regarding internet use. These guidelines should be taught at the beginning of the year, communicated to parents, and reinforced.
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I like the idea of a savy list that all teachers reinforce with all age students. Social networking is here and just as we adjusted to safe internet search practices we need safe networking practices also.
ReplyDeleteMy school will finally have a computer lab this year! We won't have a tech teacher assigned to the room. Teachers will have a sign up sheet and they will teach their own class. It would be nice to have a document or guidelines already created for everyone to follow. If we are the ones running the class then it falls on us to educate students about what is acceptable. If we are moving into the technology driven classroom then students need directions about how to behave just like classroom guidelines.
ReplyDeleteInternet safety is the responsibility of the parent, classroom teacher, and librarian. It should be introduced and discussed before the student ever uses the school computers.~Robyn
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